Acknowledgments    ix

A Note on Translation, Quoting, and Pseudonyms    xiii

0    The Wrong Place    1
1    Global Worlds of Practice    21
2    The Global Tongue    47
3    Nerds from the Baixada and Other Places    71
4    Software Brasileiro    93
5    Downtown Professionals    115
6    Porting Lua    135
7    Fast and Patriotic    1
8    Dreams of a Culture Farmer    179
9    Conclusion    205

Notes    217
References    231
Index    231